Stanford-le-Hope

At the bottom of the local market, unleaded starts around 149p per litre right now. Unleaded currently varies by roughly 9p per litre between the cheapest and dearest forecourts, which is enough to notice on a full tank.

The supermarket sites, including Tesco and Asda, tend to set the floor for prices here. Supermarkets account for 3 of the 16 stations here, with branded and independent sites making up the remainder.

The low end of the market has recently been held by Asda around Eastgate Shopping Centre. Several of the busier sites sit along Thurrock Park Way and A13, so you can check them against each other without leaving your usual route.

Unleaded here currently averages several pence under the wider East of England figure. Diesel averages around 172p per litre across the stations listed for Stanford-le-Hope.

The comparison covers stations up to roughly 8 km out, which keeps out-of-town supermarkets and bypass sites in the same view as the town centre. Prices in Stanford-le-Hope can move mid-week as well as at weekends, so the ordering above is worth a glance even if you always use the same forecourt.

Use the live table for the exact prices at each site, or set an alert if you would rather be told when your usual stations drop.